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  1. Member Classifieds
    I hate to part with it but it's time to pass on my reef as I no longer have the time to dedicate to it. I have spent countless hours ensuring the health of every inhabitant in my tank, being patient through the cycle process and aging it slowly. I will not separate items, it's all or nothing...
  2. Member Classifieds
    Well, I put so much time and effort into my tank that I really hate to sell it but I just don't have the time to dedicate to it anymore. PM me if interested, I won't separate the corals, it's all or nothing. 30 gallon tank with oak stand and canopy 20 gallon custom made sump Mag 7 return pump...
  3. Pests, Hitchhikers, and Diseases
    I am a Newbie. and recently I have noticed little white dots on the back wall of my 24g Aquapod tank. Barnacles, by the Hundreds. How did they get there? How do I get rid of them? The tank has only been up for three months. Live sand, Live rock, a few soft corals, 2 Perculas, a Goby (who won't...
  4. General Reef Discussion
    ?? I had found a hitchhiker.. a blue legged crab with these mean pinchers. He was beating up on my sea cucumber. Should I remove him and aviod blue legged crabs altogether?>
  5. Reef Fish
    I have a 120 gallon tank that has been up for about 2 months. Tank is of a tall design 48X18X32. I have 75 blue legged crabs, 2 hermits and 40 snails ( anagie?) as my clean up crew. I have about 60 pounds of live rock. My goal is to build a semi-reef on the bottom and attempt to had some...
  6. General Reef Discussion
    I am completely new to saltwater reefing, but I have just taken the plunge and started a new 34 Gal. Red Sea Max!! :fish: It went up on Monday, and I added the mature live rock, and the clean-up crew on Tuesday. The tank came with a kit including substrate (Red Sea Reef Base), Red Sea Salt...
  7. Nano Reefs
    I just got my fairly new 20gal nano setup (~1.5 month old) and its been running with out any problmes for the most part. The only thing I have been noticing is that there is a wierd film that floats ontop of the waters surface. When I blow on the film to break it up, it breaks into little plates...
  8. General Reef Discussion
    :cry: Well.......I have read so many sad stories where someone has lost everything in their tank and now it was my turn.............I came home after a overnight trip to Austin to find everything (well almost everything) dead. I only have a small 10 gal tank but it was my first tank......my...
  9. Tank Specs
    50 lbs of sand(live sand in there but cant remember exact ammount) 20 lbs LR 150W heater 1 pump(forget specs on it as well) Coralife 65 needlewheel skimmer 1-96w 50/50 PC 1-65w 50/50 PC Livestock 20 blue legged crabs 1 serpant star 2 Percula clownfish 1 Blue damsel 1 3 strip damsel I am...
  10. General Reef Discussion
    I've had this guy for a while. I got him when I bought a bunch of blue legged crabs. He's obviously not a blue legged crab and since I bought him, about a year ago or so, he's gotten HUGE! Since I didn't know how "reef safe" he is, I've always kept him in my fuge. Now, I'm just kind of...
  11. Tank Specs
    I feel intimitated just throwing this out there for some reason but I really do want to be successful with my tank and it's inhabitants. I also need to spend my $ very wisely so in order to accept help from all you great folks, here goes. I'll add as I figure things out. I've had this setup with...
  12. General Reef Discussion
    I need some help: I have a 120G RR that I moved about 75lbs of live rock into from a 72G that was up and runnong for 2 years. I added another 50lbs of live rock that I cured for 1 month. I added new live sand and cycled the tank through the ammonia spike and back down to 0. My ammonia and...
  13. General Reef Discussion
    Hi everyone, this is my first thread ever. So help me god if my grammer and proper ettiqutte is wack! Anyway I just switched over to RO water to do top off's in my 90 gal. I tested the Ph just to see what was up and it was at 9. I am wondering if I am going to need to use Ph down or something...
  14. General Reef Discussion
    I started to document alittle late into the project, but here you go. I made 2 frames with 2x4's (shown above) and than the bottom frame got pry wood top and bottom. I wanted the top piece of ply wood to be whole so I used a mill saw and cut perfect slots to slide over the...
  15. Livestock Breeding and Propagation
    Hello everyone: <O:p</O:p Okay here's what happened: I woke up last night about an hour after the fish tank lights went off (1<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com0PM</st1:time> every night), and I noticed hundreds of tiny fish swimming around. The only other fish in my...
  16. General Reef Discussion
    I'd like to get a clean up crew in my tank to get things a little nicer and whatnot but I'm curious as to their hardiness. I'm developing and increasingly annoying look of detritus and I'd like them to get rid of it but I'm curious as to their sensitivity to ammonia levels.
  17. Tank Specs
    I have a 90 gal that is 48L x 24H x 18D. wet/dry sump Protein Skimmer Tetra 9w UV sterilizer 40lbs Live rock Live Sand (Don't remember how much but enough for 4" on bottom) 2 175w 10,000k MH 2 dual 96w 03 Acentics Livestock 2 Ocellaris Clownfish 1 YellowEye Tang 2 Black & White Heniochus...
  18. Tank Specs
    Setup Info 110 Gallon Acrylic Flat Back Hex w/ overflow 15 gallon wet/dry w/ bio balls Quiet One 5000 return Pump 2-250w 10k CoralVue MH Bulbs & 2-110w Actinic VHO Aqua C Urchin Pro PS 18w Turbo Twist UV Sterilizer 1/10 HP Hamilton Aqua Euro USA Chiller 2-300w heaters Nov 2005
  19. General Reef Discussion
    Here is my old tank setup and in the Red is My new and current. Please advise on what I should do. I Have people telling me this and that and nothing matches, or makes sense. Some say I dont need a PS and some say get the best on the market. Do I need the canister Filter, I do like it in...
  20. General Reef Discussion
    Help! This is a dumb question, but.. I have been using Catalina Real Ocean Water for my water changes and top-offs, but I just now realized my salinity is at 1.025. How can I get it down to normal without hurting my fish/coral 48 bow fron 20 gal sump Venturi Skimmer Tricle Filter 40 lbs...
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